What's the adjective for governessy? Here's the word you're looking for.
Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the
verbs govern, governess, governmentalize and governmentalise which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.
“In exasperation, Anne marched over and grabbed him in her firmest governessy hold.”
“In her literature, however, she has got that instructing, governessy tone which is almost hard to bear.”
“The latter do not always meet with the approval of Ellie Piercy's Celia, whose more strait-laced governessy anxieties make a fine foil to Terry's unaffected openness.”